Family tree of Confucius in the main line of descent

See also: Confucius § Descendants, and Confucius

This is a family tree of the main line of descent of Confucius (Chinese: 孔子世家大宗).

Family tree

generation number

叔梁纥 Kong He

1

孟皮 Meng Pi

孔子 Confucius 551BC–479BC

2

孔鲤 Kong Li 532BC－483BC

3

孔伋 Kong Ji 483BC－402BC

4

孔白 Kong Bai

5

孔求 Kong Qiu

6

孔箕 Kong Ji

7

孔穿 Kong Chuan

8

孔谦 Kong Qian

9

孔鲋 Kong Fu

孔腾 Kong Teng

孔树 Kong Shu

10

孔随 Kong Sui

孔忠 Kong Zhong

11

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孔武 Kong Wu

12

□

孔延年 Kong Yannian

13

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孔霸 Kong Ba

14

孔吉 Kong Ji

孔福 Kong Fu

15

孔何齐 Kong Heqi

孔房 Kong Fang

16

孔弘 Kong Hong

孔均 Kong Jun

17

孔安 Kong An

孔志 Kong Zhi

18

孔损 Kong Sun

19

孔曜 Kong Yao

20

孔完 Kong Wan

孔赞 Kong Zan

21

孔羡 Kong Xian

22

孔震 Kong Zhen

23

孔嶷 Kong Ni

24

孔抚 Kong Fu

25

孔懿 Kong Yi

26

孔鲜 Kong Xian

27

孔乘 Kong Cheng

28

孔灵珍 Kong Lingzhen

29

孔文泰 Kong Wentai

30

孔渠 Kong Qu

31

孔长孙 Kong Zhangsun

32

孔英悊 Kong Yingzhe

孔嗣悊 Kong Sizhe

33

孔德伦 Kong Delun

34

孔崇基 Kong Chongji

35

孔璲之 Kong Suizhi

36

孔萱 Kong Xuan

37

孔齐卿 Kong Qiqing

38

孔惟晊 Kong Weizhi

39

孔策 Kong Ce

40

孔振 Kong Zhen

41

孔昭俭 Kong Zhaojian

42

孔光嗣 Kong Guangsi

43

孔仁玉 Kong Renyu 912－956

44

孔宜 Kong Yi 941－986

45

孔延世 Kong Yanshi 969－1006

孔延泽 Kong Yanze

46

孔圣佑 Kong Shengyou 998－1032

孔宗愿 Kong Zongyuan

47

孔若蒙 Kong Ruomeng

孔若虚 Kong Ruoxu ?－1104

孔若愚 Kong Ruoyu

48

孔端友 Kong Duanyou 1078－1132

孔端操 Kong Duancao ?－1133

孔端立 Kong Duanli

49

孔玠 Kong Jie 1122－1154

孔瑄 Kong Xuan

孔璠 Kong Fan 1106－1143

孔瑱 Kong Tian

孔琥 Kong Hu

50

孔搢 Kong Jin 1145－1193

孔拯 Kong Zheng 1136－1161

孔摠 Kong Zong 1138－1190

孔拂 Kong Fu

51

孔文远 Kong Wenyuan 1185－1226

孔元措 Kong Yuancuo 1182－1251

孔元綋 Kong Yuanhong

孔元孝 Kong Yuanxiao

孔元用 Kong Yuanyong ?－1227

52

孔万春 Kong Wanchun ?－1241

Dashed lines denote adoption

孔之固 Kong Zhigu

孔之厚 Kong Zhihou

孔之全 Kong Zhiquan

53

孔洙 Kong Zhu 1228－1287

孔浈 Kong Zhen

孔浣 Kong Huan ?－1283

孔治 Kong Zhi 1237－1307

54

孔思晦 Kong Sihui 1267－1333

孔思诚 Kong Sicheng

55

孔克坚 Kong Kejian 1316－1370

56

孔希学 Kong Xixue

57

孔讷 Kong Ne 1356?－1400

58

孔公鑑 Kong Gongjian 1380－1402

59

孔彦缙 Kong Yanjin 1401－1455

60

孔承庆 Kong Chengqing 1420－1450

61

孔弘绪 Kong Hongxu 1448－1504

孔弘泰 Kong Hongtai 1450－1503

62

孔闻韶 Kong Wenshao 1482－1546

63

孔贞幹 Kong Zhengan 1519－1556

孔贞宁 Kong Zhenning

64

孔尚贤 Kong Shangxian 1544－1621

孔尚坦 Kong Shangtan

65

孔衍椿 Kong Yanchun 1571－1619

孔衍桂 Kong Yangui ?－1595

孔衍植 Kong Yanzhi 1592－1647

66

孔兴燮 Kong Xingxie 1636－1667

67

孔毓圻 Kong Yuqi 1657－1723

68

孔传铎 Kong Chuanduo 1673－1732

69

孔继濩 Kong Jihuo 1687－1719

70

孔广棨 Kong Guangqi 1713－1743

71

孔昭焕 Kong Zhaohuan 1735－1783

72

孔宪培 Kong Xianpei 1756－1793

孔宪增 Kong Xianzeng

73

孔庆镕 Kong Qingrong 1787－1841

74

孔繁灏 Kong Fanhao 1804－1860

75

孔祥珂 Kong Xiangke 1848－1876

76

孔令贻 Kong Lingyi 1872－1919

77

孔德成 Kung Te-cheng 1920–2008

78

孔維益 Kung Wei-yi 1939–1989

79

孔垂長 Kung Tsui-chang 1975–

80

孔佑仁 Kung Yu-jen 2006–

List of prominent descendants of Confucius not in the main line

The title of Duke of Song and "Duke Who Continues and Honours the Yin" (殷紹嘉公) were bestowed upon Kong An (孔安 (東漢) by the Eastern Han dynasty because he was part of the Shang dynasty's legacy.^[1][2] This branch of the Confucius family is a separate branch from the line that held the title of Marquis of Fengsheng village and later Duke Yansheng.

• Kong Anguo 11th generation descendant, son of Kong Zhong (孔忠)
• Kong Jie 孔捷, Kong Xi 孔喜, Kong Guang 孔光, sons of Kong Ba 孔霸, younger brothers of Kong Fu 孔福. 14th generation descendants.
• Kong Zhou (Eastern Han) 20th generation descendant
• Kong Rong 20th generation descendant
• The Southern Branch of the Confucius family at Quzhou. During the Southern Song dynasty the descendant of Confucius at Qufu, the Duke Yansheng Kong Duanyou fled south with the Song Emperor to Quzhou, while the newly established Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in the north appointed Kong Duanyou's brother Kong Duancao who remained in Qufu as Duke Yansheng. From that time up until the Yuan dynasty, there were two Duke Yanshengs, one in the north in Qufu and the other in the south at Quzhou. An invitation to come back to Qufu was extended to the southern Duke Yansheng Kong Zhu by the Yuan dynasty Emperor Kublai Khan. The title was taken away from the southern branch after Kong Zhu rejected the invitation,^[3][4][5] so the northern branch of the family kept the title of Duke Yansheng. The southern branch still remained in Quzhou where they lived to this day. Confucius's descendants in Quzhou alone number 30,000.^[6][7] The Hanlin Academy rank of Wujing boshi 五經博士 was awarded to the southern branch at Quzhou by a Ming Emperor while the northern branch at Qufu held the title Duke Yansheng.^[4][8][9]
  • Kong Ruogu 孔若古 Kong Chuan (孔傳)^[4] 47th generation^[10][11][12] Claimed to be the ancestor of the Southern branch after Kong Zhu died by Northern branch member Kong Guanghuang.^[3][13][14] The leader of the southern branch is 孔祥楷 Kong Xiangkai.^[15]
• Kong Daofu 孔道輔 45th generation, Grand Master of Remonstrance of the Right under Emperor Renzong of Song^[16][17][18]
• Kong Zonghan 孔宗翰 46th generation, Song dynasty official^[19]
• Kong Zongyuan 孔宗願 46th generation
• Kong Ruozhuo 孔若拙 47th generation
• Kong Yu 孔瑀, 49th generation ^[20]
• Kong Zongshou 孔宗壽 46th generation^{[21][22][23][24]}
• Kong Jian 孔僉^[25][26]
• Kong Shuxuan 孔淑玄
• Kong Yingda 32nd generation descendant, son of Kong An (孔安) 31st generation, son of Kong Shuo (孔碩) 30st generation, son of Kong Linggui (孔靈龜 29th generation, descendant of Kong Yang 孔扬 22nd generation, son of Kong Yu 孔郁 21st generation, 7th generation descendant of Kong Fu 孔福) (The Kong An here was a 31st generation descendant who lived during the Northern Qi and was not the same as the Kong An (孔安) shown on the tree who was a 17th generation descendant who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty)
• Kong Xiuyuan 孔休源 32nd generation
• Kong Zongfan 孔宗笵 33rd generation
• Kong Yuntong 孔雲童 33rd generation
• Kong Keren 孔克仁 55th generation descendant.^[27]
• Kong Gongxun 孔公恂 58th generation
• Kong Wenji 孔聞籍 62nd generation
• Kong Zhenkan 孔貞堪, 63rd generation, Magistrate of Qufu, surrendered to Li Zicheng.^[28]
• Kong Shangze 孔尚則^[29] 64th generation.
• Kong Shangren 64th generation descendant
• Kong Xianglin (K'ung Hsiang-lin)孔祥霖^[30] 75th generation descendant
• H. H. Kung (Kong Xiangxi) 75th generation descendant, son of Kong Fanci (孔繁慈)
  • His children were Kong Lingyi (Kung Ling-i) 孔令儀, Kong Lingkan (Kung Ling-k'an) 孔令侃, Kong Lingjun (Kung Ling-chun) 孔令俊, and Kong Lingjie (Kung Ling-chie) 孔令傑. One of H. H. Kung's sons, Kong Lingjie 孔令傑 married Debra Paget^[31] who gave birth to Gregory Kung (孔德基).
• Kong Xianglin 孔祥林, philosopher, Deputy Dean of the Research Institute of Confucianism, Director of the Qufu Committee for the Preservation of Cultural Relics.^[32]
• Kong Fanqi (孔繁琪) 74th generation descendant, mother of Li Fengshan (李鳳山) and grandmother of Ann Li (李怜宜)
• Kong Zhaoshou 71st generation descendant
• Kong Zhaowei 孔昭巍 71st generation descendant^[33]
• Kong Deyong, 77th generation descendant^[34]
• Kong Xiangxian, Chinese Muslim, 75th generation descendant^[35]
• Kong Dejun (孔德軍) Chinese Muslim Islamic scholar, 77th generation descendant^{[citation needed]}
• Kong Lingjun 孔令儁,^[36][37] 76th generation descendant^[38]
• 曲阜孔氏 (곡부 공씨 in Korean; Gokbu Gong clan in English): During the Yuan dynasty, Gong So (孔紹/공소, 1304-1381), who claimed to be one of the Duke Yansheng Kong Huan's 孔浣 sons, moved from China to Goryeo era Korea, wedding a Korean woman (Jo Jin-gyeong's [曹晉慶] daughter) during Toghon Temür's rule. Gong So's descendants have established numerous cadet branches to the modern era.^{[39][40][41][42][43][44]}

Generation name

Along with the descendants of the other Four Sages (Confucius, Mencius, Zengzi, and Yan Hui), the descendants of Confucius still determine part of their children's given names using this generation poem given to them by the Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor and extended by later emperors:^[45]

希言公彥承，宏聞貞尚衍；
興毓傳繼廣，昭憲慶繁祥；
令德維垂佑，欽紹念顯揚；
建道敦安定，懋修肇彝常；
裕文煥景瑞，永錫世緒昌。

See also

• Duke Yansheng (the title of these descendants since the Song dynasty)
• Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee
• 孔子世家 Well known individual descendants of Confucius listed by generation
• 孔子世家大宗世系 Family tree tracing descent from the Yellow Emperor down to the Dukes of Yansheng
• 孔子世家南宗北宗世系图 Family tree showing the split between the Northern and Southern branches of Confucius descendants.
• 孔子世家总世系图 (中兴祖前)
• 孔子世家谱 History of the Confucius Family Tree compilation
• 孔子世家四支和五位的世系圖 Cadet branches which break off at Kong Renyu 孔仁玉.
• 孔子世家五凝世系图 Cadet branches from the five sons of Kong Zhaohuan 孔昭煥
• 孔子世家十二府世系图 The 12 cadet branches descended from Kong Xingxie 孔兴燮
• Gokbu Gong clan Branch of Confucius descendants in Korea established by Kong Shao who moved from China to Korea and married a Korean woman.

Bibliography

• Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of the Shang Dynasty 《史记·殷本纪》
• Wang Guowei, Guantang Jilin 王国维《观堂集林》
• Records of the Grand Historian: House of Song Weizi《史记·宋微子世家》
• Records of the Grand Historian: House of Kongzi《史记·孔子世家》
• Chunqiu Zuozhuan zhengyi 《春秋左传正义·昭公七年》
• Book of Han: Annals of Emperor Cheng 《汉书·成帝纪》
• Book of Han: Table of nobles from families of the imperial consorts《汉书·外戚恩泽表》
• Book of Han: Biographies of Kuang, Zhang, Kong and Ma《汉书·匡张孔马传》
• Book of the Later Han: Biographies of Confucians 《后汉书·儒林传上·孔僖传》
• Annotation of Book of the Later Han: Biographies of Confucians 《后汉书注·儒林传上·孔僖传》
• New Book of Tang: Table of genealogy of Chancellors V 《新唐书·宰相世系表五》
• History of Song: Biographies of Confucians I 《宋史·儒林一·孔宜传》
• History of Song: Rites 22《宋史•志第七十二》
• History of Jin: Biography of Kong Fan 《金史·孔璠传》
• History of Yuan: Biography of Kong Sihui 《元史·孔思晦传》
• History of Ming: Biographies of Confucians III 《明史·儒林三·孔希学传》
• Draft History of Qing: Biographies of Confucians IV《清史稿·儒林四》
• Liancongzi《连从子·叙书》
• Genealogy book of House of Kongzi《孔子世家谱》 山东友谊出版社 ISBN 7-80551-265-5
• Family Sayings of Confucius 《孔子家語》

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Further reading

• Chapin, David (2012). Long Lines: Ten of the World's Longest Continuous CHART Lineages. College Station, Texas: VirtualBookWorm.com. ISBN 978-1-60264-933-0.